GRE Word List
PHYSIOGNOMY
the art of discovering temperament and character from outward appearance
The meaning of the word physiognomy is the art of discovering temperament and character from outward appearance.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| meddlesome | given to meddling |
| rarefied | being less dense |
| slaughter | the act of killing |
| frond | a large leaf (especially of a palm or fern) usually with many divisions |
| petrify | to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter |
| coeval | of the same or equal age, antiquity, or duration |
| plenitude | the quality or state of being full : completeness |
| cardiologist | the study of the heart and its action and diseases |
| verdigris | a green or greenish-blue poisonous pigment resulting from the action of acetic acid on copper and consisting of one or more basic copper acetates |
| lugubrious | mournful |